Table 1:

Anesthetic considerations of sedatives for outpatient interventional radiology procedures [38, 43–45]

Characteristic	Dexmedetomidine	Ketamine	Midazolam	Propofol	Remimazolam
Low cardiac depression risk		✔	✔		✔
Low respiratory depression risk	✔	✔	✔		✔
Rapid onset of action		✔		✔	✔
Rapid postoperative recovery				✔	✔
Reversal agent available			✔		✔
Analgesic effect	✔	✔
Anxiolytic effect	✔	✔	✔	At low doses	✔
Active metabolite		✔	✔
Metabolism	Hepatic	Hepatic	Hepatic	Hepatic & extrahepatic	Tissue esterases
Ready to use	Dilution	✔	✔	✔	Reconstitution